Acta Crystallographica

{{Short description|Scientific journal series on crystallography}}

Acta Crystallographica is a series of peer-reviewed scientific journals, with articles centred on crystallography, published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). Originally established in 1948 as a single journal called Acta Crystallographica,{{cite journal|last1=Ewald|first1=P. P.|title=Editorial Preface|journal=Acta Crystallographica|date=1948|volume=1|issue=1 |page=1|doi=10.1107/S0365110X48000016|doi-access=free|bibcode=1948AcCry...1....1. }} there are now six independent Acta Crystallographica titles:

Acta Crystallographica has been noted for the high quality of the papers that it produces,{{cite journal | title = The Role of Journals in Maintaining Data Integrity: Checking of Crystal Structure Data in Acta Crystallographica | last = McMahon | first = Brian | journal = Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology | volume = 101 | issue = 3 | date = May–June 1996 | pages = 347–355 | url = http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/101/3/j3mcma.pdf | doi = 10.6028/jres.101.036 | pmid = 27805171 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111019122215/http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/101/3/j3mcma.pdf | archive-date = 19 October 2011 | url-status = dead| pmc=4894614}} as well as the large impact that its papers have had on the field of crystallography.{{cite journal | title = Aspects of the History of the International Union of Crystallography | last = Cruickshank | first = D. W. J. | journal = Acta Crystallographica A | year = 1998 | volume = 54 | issue = 6 | pages = 687–696 |doi=10.1107/s0108767398011477 | url = http://www.iucr.org/iucr/history/aspects | doi-access = free | bibcode = 1998AcCrA..54..687C }} The current six journals form part of the journal portfolio of the IUCr, which is completed by the Journal of Applied Crystallography, the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, the open-access IUCrJ and the open-access data publication IUCr Data.{{cite web|title=Crystallography Journals Online|url=http://journals.iucr.org}}

History

Acta Crystallographica was established in conjunction with the foundation of the International Union of Crystallography in 1948. Both were established to maintain an international forum for crystallography after the Second World War had led to a loss of international subscription to, and the eventual nine-year closure of, the main pre-war crystallography journal, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie.{{cite journal|last1=Authier|first1=Andre|title=60 years of IUCr journals|journal=Acta Crystallographica Section A|date=2009|volume=65|issue=3|pages=167–182|doi=10.1107/S0108767309007235|pmid=19349661|url=http://journals.iucr.org/a/issues/2009/03/00/sh5087/index.html|bibcode = 2009AcCrA..65..167A |doi-access=free}} The founding editor of Acta Crystallographica was P. P. Ewald, who wrote in the preface to the first issue {{Blockquote|text=Acta Crystallographica is intended to offer a central place for publication and discussion of all research in this vast and ever-expanding field. It borders, naturally, on pure physics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, technology and also on mathematics, but is distinguished by being concerned with the methods and results of investigating the arrangement of atoms in matter, particularly when that arrangement has regular features. |author=P. P. Ewald|source=Acta Crystallographica, 1, 1 (1948)}} A steady increase in the number of submitted papers led to the journal being split into Section A, covering fundamental and theoretical studies, and Section B, dedicated to reports of structures, in 1968, together with a new journal, the Journal of Applied Crystallography. In 1983, Section C, devoted to the crystal structures of small molecules, was added, with Section B now focusing on biological, chemical, mineralogical and metallurgical crystallography. The rapid expansion in biological crystallography led to the launch of Section D in 1993.{{cite journal | title = Aspects of the History of the International Union of Crystallography | last = Cruickshank | first = D. W. J. | journal = Acta Crystallographica A | year = 1998 | volume = 54 | issue = 6 | pages = 687–696 |doi=10.1107/s0108767398011477 | url = http://www.iucr.org/iucr/history/aspects| doi-access = free | bibcode = 1998AcCrA..54..687C }} The journals launched online versions in 1999, and in 2000 the journals began to provide electronic article submission and subscription access online.{{cite journal |last=Authier |first=André |year=2000 |title=Editorial: New developments for Acta Crystallographica Section A |url=http://journals.iucr.org/a/issues/2000/01/00/me0091/me0091.pdf |journal=Acta Crystallographica Section A |volume=A56 |issue=1 |page=e1 |doi=10.1107/S0108767399015871|bibcode=2000AcCrA..56....1A }} This was followed by the launch of an online-only journal, Section E, for brief reports of new small-molecule structures, in 2001;{{cite journal | title = Editorial: New developments for Acta Crystallographica Section C | last = Ferguson| first = George |journal=Acta Crystallographica Section C | volume = 57 | issue = 1 | page = 1 |date=January 2001 | doi = 10.1107/S0108270100020424 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2001AcCrC..57....1F}} this journal became fully open access in 2008.{{cite journal|last1=Harrison|first1=W.T.A|last2=Simpson|first2=J.|last3=Weil|first3=M.|title=Structure Reports Online : successful transition to open access|journal=Acta Crystallogr. E|date=2009|volume=65|issue=2|pages=e9–e10|doi=10.1107/S1600536808042979|pmid=21581737|pmc=2968125}} A second online-only journal, Section F, dedicated to short reports of macromolecular structures and reports on their crystallization, followed in 2005.{{cite journal| title = Editorial: Acta Crystallographica Section F: developments in the first year| last1 = Einspahr | first1 = Howard | last2 = Guss |first2 = Mitchell | journal=Acta Crystallographica Section F |volume = 62 | issue = 4 | page = 314 |date=April 2006 | doi = 10.1107/S1744309106010347 | pmc = 2222575 }} The IUCr moved to online-only publication for all its journals from 2014.{{cite web |url= http://journals.iucr.org/j/services/onlineonly.html |title=IUCr Journals move to online-only publishing |work=International Union of Crystallography |year=2013 |access-date=16 June 2014}}

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External links

[http://journals.iucr.org/ IUCr journals official site]

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